Using Genomics To Investigate an Outbreak of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium ST78 at a Large Tertiary Hospital in Queensland

Authors :: Budi Permana
Patrick N. A. Harris
Naomi Runnegar
Margaret Lindsay
Belinda C. Henderson
E. G. Playford
David L. Paterson
Scott A. Beatson
Brian M. Forde
Source :: Microbiology Spectrum.
Publication Year :: 2023
Publisher :: American Society for Microbiology, 2023.
Abstract: Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREfm) is a leading cause of health care-associated infections (HAIs) globally. In Australia, the spread of hospital-adapted VREfm is largely driven by a single clonal group (clonal complex [CC]), CC17, to which the lineage ST78 belongs.

Subjects :: Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases
General Immunology and Microbiology
Ecology
Physiology
Genetics
Cell Biology

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